Durham resident competing for Mrs. America title

PORTSMOUTH — Mrs. New Hampshire Tonya Knightly is headed to Arizona to compete in the in the Mrs. America pageant.

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PORTSMOUTH — Mrs. New Hampshire Tonya Knightly is headed to Arizona to compete in the in the Mrs. America pageant.

Knightly will compete in the week-long pageant in Tucson that includes preliminary competitions on Tuesday, Aug. 26 and Wednesday, Aug. 27, with the finals being webcast at 8 p.m. EST on Friday, Aug. 29.

Knightly lives in Durham with her husband Scott and their two sons. Together they own and run EnviroVantage Inc. a full-service environmental contracting company based in Epping.

For the past 10 years, Knightly has been a volunteer disabled sports instructor for Northeast Passage, a nonprofit organization specializing in therapeutic recreation. She logs more than 200 hours each summer in the water teaching and assisting adaptive waterskiing. She received the "Spirit of New Hampshire Award" for volunteerism from Gov. John Lynch in 2012.

During her reign as Mrs. New Hampshire, Knightly hopes to increase disability awareness through her platform "Living beyond Disability." Just days after competing at Mrs. America, Knightly will be riding in the "Three Notch Century," a fundraiser is an inclusive cycle that challenges riders of all abilities to conquer 100 miles through the White Mountains. For more about the ride and Northeast Passage or to join the Mrs. New Hampshire team, visit www.threenotchcentury.org.

For about the Mrs. America pageant, visit http://mrsamerica.com/.

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